Verbal fluency in children with autism spectrum disorders: Clustering and switching strategies

Autism

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1014-1018

  Begeer, Sander ^a,b,c   Wierda, Marlies ^b,c   Scheeren, Anke M ^b,c   Teunisse, Jan Pieter ^d,e   Koot, Hans M ^b   Geurts, Hilde M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Dr Leo Kannerhuis Autism Center   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; clustering; cognitive flexibility; fluency; switching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84908618738     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361313500381     Document Type: Article

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